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   Chapter 456 Pandora's Box

   The second-generation Alcatel mobile phone P2 required by Song Yang has greater technical difficulty in terms of performance requirements.

  In terms of technology, it is not as simple as a simple superposition. To add a function, it may be necessary to make changes in software and hardware.

   "There is another aspect," Eltien didn't notice, and Hoblow said, "If Alcatel Mobile wants to launch a music phone, the music copyright will probably be a big problem!"

  The world's five major record companies are like a mountain, pressing on all the people who are related to records in the world, and the influence of the major record companies is much greater than that of the Hollywood film and television giants.

  Warner Records, Universal Records, Bertelsmann's BMG, EMI Records, and Sony's Columbia Records have formed a large network of record copyrights all over the world, making any company that wants to enter this industry feel hopeless!

Why did Sony buy the original Columbia Records? It was part of the reason why Sony bought the entire America with more benzene. Another part of the reason is that Sony sold these music products in order to promote its own Walkman and other products. If there are no songs to listen to, then absolutely is a disaster.

Sony suffered a lot in America, and was also slaughtered as a fool, but its layout in the film and television and record industries also allows Sony to sell its own electronic products wantonly without worrying about being slapped with copyright. Stuck neck.

   Hearing Hoblow mentioning the copyright, Ertien also suddenly woke up and entered the music industry. The big record giants were the biggest obstacle.

"Western Pictures will cooperate with Alcatel Mobile to establish a record department, acquire part of the music copyright from other small and medium record companies for download and use by Alcatel mobile phone users, and will try to reach an agreement with the major record giants of Universal Music. Cooperation agreement..."

   "What if they refuse to cooperate?"

   Hearing this, Song Yang had a regretful look on his face, "Then there is no way!"

Seeing Song Yang's expression, Ertian and Huobuluo couldn't help showing ugly expressions on their faces. If Alcatel Mobile launched the P2 music phone, users could not download music at all, or if the copyright fee was too expensive, That music phone is probably a bit tasteless.

Just when Eltien felt that the P2 music phone might be a little unreliable, he heard Song Yang speak again, "Alcatel mobile phones have always advocated users to download safe and genuine software, music or other products, but if users If you bypass the official website of Alcatel mobile phone and download it from other places, then the Alcatel mobile phone can only express regret..."

   Hearing this somewhat inexplicable, yet meaningful, words, Ertian and Huobuluo were a little confused for a while, not knowing what Song Yang meant.

"Recently in Silicon Valley, a new Internet company, Scour website, has emerged. The founder is the Internet genius Kalanick. This is a website that uses P2P technology as a search engine. Using the technology of Scour website, you can search for many movies and videos on the Internet. , records and other data, these data are basically shared by users and uploaded to the Internet platform!"

  Erthien, who was not very familiar with the Internet, heard Song Yang's words and had a little understanding. He felt that Song Yang seemed to have said something, but he didn't say anything at all.

  Huobuluo completely understood the meaning of Song Yang's words. He already felt that Song Yang was going to play something, but this made him even more surprised.

   "Let users of P2 music phones download music through sites like Scour?!"

  Huobloo finally said it, Ertian was stunned for a while, and finally knew what Song Yang had just said at the beginning.

Alcatel Mobile will launch a genuine music website. It wants to cooperate with record companies such as Universal and Sony Music to obtain their music licenses. However, if these record companies are willing to cooperate with this website of Alcatel Mobile, they must not. And know.

Alcatel mobile phones will not release pirated music, but if there are other websites that provide pirated music for users to download, then Alcatel mobile phones must not be stopped. After all, even the major record companies can’t control them. For mobile phones, can you control users not to listen to pirated music?

   It's like, someone did something bad with a kitchen knife, you can't blame the manufacturer of the menu, it's not a good idea...

Listening to this theory of using magic to defeat magic, Eltien and Hoblo didn't know what to say for a while, but Hoblo always felt that doing so would seem to open Pandora's box. things are going to happen.

Ertien thought about Song Yang's words, Alcatel produces music mobile phones, and websites like Scour provide free music for users to download. This suddenly breaks through the restrictions of record groups, but it seems that the unfortunate ones are a few major records. group…

In Song Yang's heart, for Kalanick, "the most unlucky Internet practitioner in history", the most "special" man in the world, he observed a minute's silence. The Alcatel mobile phone needs to let him and the Scour website act as cannon fodder, so that users can download the Music can only be sold for music phones and ... MP3!

"P2 mobile phone, if it is a brand new mobile phone, in addition to the functions supported by P1 mobile phone, new functions should be added, such as MP3 music support, memory card support and other functions, P3 mobile phone should support camera function, each generation of Alcatel Mobile phones, there must be new changes!"

  Song Yang said to Eltien that after several generations of products such as music phones and camera phones, Alcatel phones have basically become synonymous with "trends" in the mobile phone industry.

   "Next year, in addition to the P2 mobile phone, you can try to launch a flip phone to expand the product line of Alcatel mobile phones!"

  Alcatel mobile phone, it is impossible to dominate the world with only one mobile phone. The flagship phone will not be separated from the candy bar phone in the future, and will transition all the way to the era of smart phones in the future.

   However, in addition to flagship phones, Alcatel mobile phones will also launch flip, slide, full keyboard, waterproof phones, etc., to attract more users to the pit, otherwise a product line is too thin.

   "The Saipan system needs to be upgraded as soon as possible. In addition, it is necessary to start cooperation with America Telecom. On the P2 mobile phone, it is expected to cooperate with America Telecom on some communication business projects."

  The Alcatel P2 mobile phone supports MP3 music. Color ringtones, multimedia messages, color pictures and other things can be arranged. A qualified leek has not stepped on these pits, how can it be said that it has entered the era of mobile Internet?

  After Huoblo left, Song Yang asked Ertien to stay, glanced at Ertien, Song Yang said to him, "Alcatel mobile phone, we need to develop a new product, MP3 music player!"

  Erthien, who was about to get up and leave the stage, couldn't help but sit down again when he heard this, and asked Song Yang worriedly, "Is this too risky?"

   The launch of a music phone can be a side ball. After all, music is only a function in P2 phones, and Alcatel phones can still be pushed out.

But if Chiguoguo launched an MP3 music player, and then let MP3 users go to sites such as Scour to download music, then it would be a louse on the head of a bald man, and it was obvious that he was trolling several major record companies. Some are too obvious.

   "MP3 players will be the mainstream products in the next electronic music era. Walkmans, CD players, cassettes, Sony's MDs, etc., will likely be replaced by MP3!"

  Compared to mobile phones, even with the appearance of music mobile phones, it is difficult to replace the status of MP3 in a short period of time. The key is only one point, cheap…

  Compared with mobile phones, the price of MP3 is low no matter what, and it can meet the needs of many users. For the needs of listening to music, at least before the era of smart phones, MP3 will still be one of the mainstream products in the electronics industry.

   Of course, Song Yang has another purpose. After the launch of the Alcatel P2 mobile phone, through MP3, the water in the record industry will be completely muddled, so that the major record giants will not care about the trouble of looking for an Alcatel mobile phone!

   "Alcatel mobile phones will not directly produce MP3 players, and can authorize other brand manufacturers to produce MP3."

Song Yang said to Ertien that as long as the first MP3 appeared, it would not be far before the 100 millionth MP3 appeared. Compared with mobile phones, there may still be some barriers, and the MP3 industry is a chaos. .

   "Alcatel Mobile, developed MP3 technology and patents, licensed it to other brands for production, and let the software department design a set of song management system alone!"

This song management system is theoretically consistent with Apple's iTunes music store, that is, it does not allow unreviewed songs to appear on MP3 players. The only purpose of this song management system is to provide users with information. Make a reminder, for example, in a shop that sells kitchen knives, sticking kitchen knives is limited to cutting vegetables, and a certain island country movie starts with a reminder to watch this movie, you need to be over 18 years old, etc.

   In essence, it’s all about taking off your pants and farting, but with this song management system, it is very important to be able to stop the prosecution of several major record companies!

Ertien could hear that Song Yang was preparing to completely muddy the water in the record industry. After a pause, Ertien nodded and said, "I will ask the Alcatel R&D department to set up an MP3 experiment. room!"

  The media is still reporting the news of Alcatel mobile phones in full swing. The sales of P1 mobile phones continue to set new historical records. However, the interior of Alcatel mobile phones has begun to calm down, and the R&D department has begun to be busy again.

Afterwards, according to the news, Alcatel Mobile will take out 2% of the profit and reward the entire Alcatel mobile phone staff. The management and R&D personnel will get the bulk of it. It is estimated that the bonus may not be less than 80 million. US dollars, maybe even more than 100 million US dollars, as soon as the news came out, the whole Silicon Valley was shaken!

   (end of this chapter)